³⁸ The officers reported this to the magistrates, and when they heard that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens, they were alarmed.^{(A) 39} They came to appease them and escorted them from the prison, requesting them to leave the city.^{(B) 40} After Paul and Silas came out of the prison, they went to Lydia’s house,^(C) where they met with the brothers and sisters^(D) and encouraged them. Then they left.